STATUS AND TRENDS IN MANGROVE AREA EXTENT WORLDWIDE

Oman

Vegetation description

One of the largest mangrove forests in Oman is located in Qurm (Muscat). The forest structure is simple; Avicennia marina dominates and reaches from 2 to 6 m in height along the Gulf of Oman.

UNEP. 1999. Overview on Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine Environment in the ROPME Sea Area.

National level mangrove area estimates

Year

Area
(ha)

Trend

Source

Methodology/Comments

1988

3 400

Spalding, M.D., Blasco, F. and Field, C.D., eds. 1997. World Mangrove Atlas. The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan. 178 pp.

Map analysis. Scale 1:312 500 and 1:1 000 000.

1992

2 000

X

Sheppard et al. 1992. Marine ecology of the arabian region. Patterns and Process in Extreme tropical Environment. Academic Press London UK 359 pp.

Cited in: Spalding, M.D., Blasco, F. and Field, C.D., eds. 1997. World Mangrove Atlas. The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan. 178 pp.

Trends in mangrove area extent over time

No major changes appear to have occurred in this country over the last twenty years.

Year	Area (ha)	Trend	Source	Methodology/Comments
1988	3 400		Spalding, M.D., Blasco, F. and Field, C.D., eds. 1997. World Mangrove Atlas. The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan. 178 pp.	Map analysis. Scale 1:312 500 and 1:1 000 000.
1992	2 000	X	Sheppard et al. 1992. Marine ecology of the arabian region. Patterns and Process in Extreme tropical Environment. Academic Press London UK 359 pp.	Cited in: Spalding, M.D., Blasco, F. and Field, C.D., eds. 1997. World Mangrove Atlas. The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan. 178 pp.